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watch the doe as it calves its young?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Can you count the months of their gestation?</p> <p class="poetry2">Do you know the time when they give birth,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>when they crouch down<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:3 Or bow down">a</a></span> to give birth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:3 Lit. cleave open">b</a></span> to their offspring,</p> <p class="poetry2">and let go<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:3 Lit. send">c</a></span> of their birth pangs?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their young are strong;</p> <p class="poetry2">they grow up in the open field;</p> <p class="poetry2">then they go off</p> <p class="poetry2">and don’t return to them.”</p> <p class="heading">On Wild Animals</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Who sets the wild donkey free?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>to whom I’ve given the Arabah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:6 i.e. the desert wilderness of southern Israel">d</a></span> for a home;</p> <p class="poetry2">the salt plain for his dwelling place?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He despises city noises;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:7 Or sound">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">he ignores the shouts<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:7 Or noise">f</a></span> of the driver.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He ranges the mountains that are his pasture</p> <p class="poetry2">to search for anything green.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Is the wild ox willing to serve you?</p> <p class="poetry2">Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope?</p> <p class="poetry2">Will he harrow after you in the valley?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Will you trust him because of his great strength</p> <p class="poetry2">and entrust your labor to him?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Will you trust him that he’ll bring in your grain,</p> <p class="poetry2">and gather it to your threshing floor?”</p> <p class="heading">On the Ostrich</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“The wings of the ostrich flap joyously,</p> <p class="poetry2">but aren’t its pinions and feathers like the stork?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She abandons her eggs on the ground</p> <p class="poetry2">and lets them be warmed in the sand,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but she forgets that a foot might crush them</p> <p class="poetry2">or any wild animal might trample them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She mistreats her young as though they’re not hers,</p> <p class="poetry2">and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>because God didn’t grant her wisdom</p> <p class="poetry2">and never gave her understanding.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And yet when she gets ready to run,</p> <p class="poetry2">she laughs at the horse and its rider.”</p> <p class="heading">On the Horse</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do you instill the horse with strength?</p> <p class="poetry2">Do you clothe its neck with a mane?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Can you make him leap like the locust,</p> <p class="poetry2">and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He paws the ground<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:21 The Heb. lacks the ground">g</a></span> in the valley</p> <p class="poetry2">and rejoices in his strength;</p> <p class="poetry2">he goes out to face weapons.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He scoffs at fear</p> <p class="poetry2">and is never scared;</p> <p class="poetry2">he never retreats from a sword.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>A quiver of arrows rattles against his side,</p> <p class="poetry2">along with a flashing spear and a lance.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Leaping in his excitement, he takes in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:24 Lit. swallows">h</a></span> the ground;</p> <p class="poetry2">he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When the trumpet blasts he’ll neigh, ‘Aha! Aha!’</p> <p class="poetry2">From a distance he can sense war,</p> <p class="poetry2">the war cry of generals,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:25 Or officers">i</a></span> and their shouting.”</p> <p class="heading">On Raptors</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies,</p> <p class="poetry2">spreading its wings toward the south?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Does the eagle soar high at your command<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:27 Lit. mouth">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and build its nest on the highest crags?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He dwells on the crags where he makes his home,</p> <p class="poetry2">there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From there he searches for prey,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his eyes recognize it from a distance.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>His young ones feast<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:30 Lit. suck up">k</a></span> on blood;</p> <p class="poetry2">he’ll be found wherever there’s a carcass.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:30 Or slain">l</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 39:3 Or <i>bow down</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 39:3 Lit. <i>cleave open</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 39:3 Lit. <i>send</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 39:6 i.e. the desert wilderness of southern Israel<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 39:7 Or <i>sound</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 39:7 Or <i>noise</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 39:21 The Heb. lacks <i>the ground</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 39:24 Lit. <i>swallows</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 39:25 Or <i>officers</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 39:27 Lit. <i>mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 39:30 Lit. <i>suck up</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 39:30 Or<i> slain</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 40" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>